Richmond Villages News | March 2014

Britain has witnessed a prolonged period of record low interest rates since 2009; while the Bank of England has indicated that it could be 2016 before interest rates rise. With the ever-present threat of inflation, savers face the very real threat of a gradual erosion of their capital as they try to meet their income needs. Indeed, many savers now hold cash in deposit accounts with returns that are losing money in real terms.

We would like to invite you to a coffee morning at 10am in the cafe to join Alex Wilkie, an Associate Partner of St James’s Place Wealth Management for an informal discussion on the issues of generating income in the current low interest rate environment, Alex will be happy to answer any questions or concerns you may have regarding this area.

Richmond Northampton are having a Pie and Pint Night to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.

The evening will start with drinks at the Bar from 6pm onwards with a Drink Special of the night – "Guinness Punch"

Evening meal will be served at 7pm and at 8pm we have music entertainment in the theme of the Irish!

If you would like to attend please call reception on 01604 432600 or if you would like to visit our village to view our apartments and care facilities please call 01604 432602 and speak to Claire or Val our Village Advisers

An information afternoon by the Royal VoluntaryService is being held at Richmond Village Nantwich on Thursday 18thMarch from 2 to 5pm.

The Royal Voluntary Service, which will becelebrating its 75th birthday this year, has recently changed frombeing the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service and is now appealing for newvolunteers to help enrich the lives of older people and their families acrossBritain.

Jo Roberts, Services Manager for the Charity visitedthe Village recently with her Deputy, Amy Cartwright and explained that theyare hoping to encourage new volunteers to support older people by giving time andpractical help. She added “Ourvolunteers are ordinary men and women of all ages who are willing to spend timewith older people helping them to feel valued and involved whatever their age.The afternoon at Richmond will allow people to come and find out about us andto meet volunteers to chat about what is involved.”

Village Advisor Alison Harding remarked “We are delighted to be supportingthe RVS by hosting the information afternoon and helping to re-launch thisvaluable service under its new name.”

Everyone is welcome to come along on the afternoon of the 18th March;for further information please contact Alison or Nicola on 01270 629080.

Richmond Nantwich are delighted to be hosting an Art Exhibition with the "Spilling the Beans" Art Group whose work will be on display from Wednesday 26th March when the Village will also be opening its doors for the First Village Open Day of the Year.

Everyone is welcome and it is an ideal opportunity to visit the Village to view the available Apartments and to find out about the facilities on offer.

The exhibition is being staged by the over 50s Art Group for two weeks with the artists themselves visiting on the Open Day to chat about the group, their work and discuss the possibility of setting up further workshops in the area.

The Open Day will start at 12 noon and finish at 4pm. For further details please contact Alison or Nicola on 01270 629080